Opera Scotland

Gluck is remembered largely for a handful of famous 'reform' operas, composed in Paris towards the end of his life. From the substantial list below, it can be seen that he had a lengthy career before then, in which he worked his way around Europe, composing operas in the popular opera seria format. He even spent some time (1746) working in London, though not with any great success. Following the successful revival of many of the operas by Handel, Vivaldi and others, attention is gradually moving towards Gluck, and it will be interesting to see whether any of these earlier works return to the repertoire.